The reader, who asked to remain anonymous, said his neighbor spotted the bear Tuesday afternoon. The reader said that when he woke up on Wednesday morning, he saw that his bird feeder was broken and laying on the ground in his yard. A short time later he saw the bear, and began taking photos.

"A little bit later the bear was eating from the feeder," the reader said, adding that the bear remained in his yard for several hours. “It was a real treat."

Police believe that a bear seen in Wilbraham yesterday morning, quite possibly the one photographed by the MassLive reader, is the same bear that was spotted in the center of Ludlow on Monday, just before the start of the Memorial Day parade.